RSS_Virtulization

Security researchers have discovered a new data exfiltration tool designed to accelerate information theft for ransomware groups using the BlackMatter variant. The Symantec Threat Hunter team explained in a new blog post today that the custom tool is the third discovery of its kind, following the development of the Ryuk Stealer tool and the LockBit-linked StealBit. Dubbed “Exmatter,” it is designed to steal specific file types from selected directories and then upload them to a…

Data on countless celebrities, politicians and heads of state appear to be in the hands of ransomware actors after a group using the Conti variant compromised a high-end jeweler over the weekend. London-based Graff, which sells diamond jewelry to the super-rich, confirmed the news in a statement sent to Sky News. “Regrettably we, in common with a number of other businesses, have recently been the target of a sophisticated – though limited – cyber-attack by…

Twelve threat actors were singled out by Europol last week in a major ransomware operation targeting multiple organized crime groups. The unnamed suspected are believed to have been involved in deploying the LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Dharma variants or laundering the proceeds, the trans-national policing group claimed. Focusing their efforts mainly on large organizations, the suspects impacted over 1800 victims in 71 countries, it added. Individual players had specific roles, such as: gaining initial network access…

Recently we were examining a vSphere cluster where vRealize Operations Manager was showing 100% CPU utilisation, with zero capacity remaining. However, the usage of all resources in the cluster was generally low. We know that the cluster capacity is based on demand rather than usage. CPU demand is the amount of CPU resources a virtual machine would use if there were no CPU contention or limit. Sometimes, this can cause a little confusion when we…

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye recently released its 2022 Threat Predictions. In this blog, we take a deeper dive into the continuingly aggressive role Nation States will play in 2022. Prediction: Lazarus Wants to Add You as a Friend By Raj Samani We love our social media. From beefs between popstars and professional pundits, to an open channel to the best jobs in the industry. But guess what? The threat actors know this, and our appetite…

Before the revolution of Information Technology (IT), the world experienced the revolution of Operational Technology (OT). Operational Technology is the combination of hardware and software that controls and operates the physical mechanisms of industry. OT systems play an important role in the water, manufacturing, power, and distribution systems that transformed industry into the modern age. All of these systems function to operate, automate, and manage industrial machines. With the rise of the internet within the…

This blog on Cloud Security represents part 8 and is the last installment of this multi-part blog series on multi-cloud use maturity.  A comprehensive eBook that includes the entire multi-cloud use maturity framework can be found here.  At the end of this blog, you can also find links to all the prior blogs in this series. Security remains a top cloud concern It seems like no matter what research study you pick up that involves the…

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What do social media companies really know about you? It’s a fair question. And the quick answer is this: the more you use social media, the more those companies likely know.  The moment you examine the question more closely, the answer takes on greater depth. Consider how much we use social media for things other than connecting with friends. While that was the original intent behind social networks, the role of social media has since evolved into something far more…